Crappie Trout
April 29th, 2005 — 07:08 am
Crappie are one of the best tasting fish I've ever eaten, I like them better then trout. The meat is pure white and is firm and full of good fresh flavor. Crappie are a panfish, similar to bluegill and sunfish. When I was a young man, many local fishermen called crappie, 'calico bass'. Luckily for us fishermen they are considered a panfish and are not limited in most areas, such as bar other when it comes to fishing laws. Here in Pennsylvania we are allowed to take 50 crappie a day without size limitation.
Crappie are "little Hellions ", they are full of energy and despite their small size, they can make a normal fishing rod bend to the breaking point and cause reels drag to become active, energy and taste are two reasons why crappie are such a great fish to catch.
Crappie are two types or varieties, there are black crappie and white crappie. Crappie live throughout the U.S. in many ponds, lakes and streams, I suppose if panfish another or even bass can thrive in water, and crappie can also. Crappie similar in size and shape to the bluegill, but they are a lot of money more colorful, with black spots, and they turned up their noses. They are actually a very beautiful fish and research money or reflections of brilliant color in the sun.
Crappie can be caught year. In spring and fall they move to areas near the coast, and in summer they move deeper and deeper and cooler water. They are probably the most active in the early spring months, when they move to the shores to spawn, they become very aggressive and tend to bite and attack anything that is cast or moves near them or the nest, which makes it very easy to get a stringer full of crappie in a short time in the spring season. The nests look like hollowed out depressions or dishes in the mud or gravel on the bottom of ponds and lakes. If you walk slowly around the edges of the water, you can see these nests and often see the crappie in and near them. Once you locate a nest, you have your bait near it should normally produce a quick strike.
In the summer or warmer months, they often hang around stumps, trees and other debris areas and underwater structures for shading and protection. Casting around these areas in summer and warmer months will often be very productive for catching a mess of crappie. In the fall time of the year, they move to the banks and become more aggressive again in their power and bite. This aggressive feeding and biting continues throughout the cold months winter, which makes crappie a great fish to catch fish when the ice in winter.
The best time to catch crappie is during daylight hours, early morning after sunrise and late afternoon hours of early evening are best times. Crappie minnows with love passion, and when it comes to live baits there is no better choice than a small fry. If you do not or can not get the minnows then use the templates, or other decoy so that look as realistic as possible to a live minnow. But when you use an artificial minnow sure to attractive enough to keep active, it simulates a live minnow as much as possible, if the fake minnow just sits still, crappie have been known to watch and then go next door, they seem to prefer live minnows and bait instead of dead. Crappie are abnormally soft mouth, so be aware that if you cast your rod too hard to set the hook, you can Rip It right out of the mouth crappie, resulting in the loss of fish.
There Computer Software which is made for crappie fishing and catching any type of fish. After keeping a few past records of fishing trips, This software helps you to easily calculate what days will be a great fishing day! The software is called "Fishing Buddy, you can download and try the software for free from this website address:
By Robert W. Benjamin
Copyright © 2006
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About the Author:
Robert W. Benjamin has been in the software business on the internet for over 5 years, and has been producing low-cost software for the past 25+ years. He first released software on the AMIGA and C64 computer systems in the late 1970's-80's.
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